Protozoa - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Full reference: W. Kiessling. 1999. Late Jurassic radiolarians from the Antarctic Peninsula. Micropaleontology 45(S1):1-96
Belongs to Orbiculiforma according to W. Kiessling 1999
Sister taxa: Orbiculiforma australis, Orbiculiforma campbellensis, Orbiculiforma densaora, Orbiculiforma gazipasaensis, Orbiculiforma goestlingensis, Orbiculiforma hexagonaora, Orbiculiforma iniqua, Orbiculiforma kanayamaensis, Orbiculiforma librataspira, Orbiculiforma lowreyensis, Orbiculiforma mclaughlini, Orbiculiforma multa, Orbiculiforma multibrachiata, Orbiculiforma multifora, Orbiculiforma octogonalis, Orbiculiforma plana, Orbiculiforma quadrata, Orbiculiforma radiata, Orbiculiforma renillaeformis, Orbiculiforma sakaii, Orbiculiforma sentarota, Orbiculiforma vacaensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Longing Gap Radiolarians, LG 1, which is in a Tithonian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Ameghino Formation of Antarctica
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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